[nfbwatlk] Shop till you drop!

[Bernie &Felix]

    yes that would be nice.
Especially for us newbee that are legally blind.

Thanks
Bernie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger via nfbwatlk" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Elizabeth Rene'" <rene0373 at gmail.com>; "'NFB of Washington Talk 
Mailing List'" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Shop till you drop!


>I think this is a great use to inform us of products that are more 
>accessible them others. I bought a toaster that has dots for each setting. 
>It didn't take a rocket scientist for lil ol me to figure out what the dots 
>meant. So I would rate my ten dollar toaster accessible out of the box.
>
> I learned on another list there is a web site that has a lot of products 
> cooking instructions available to us, smile for canned and packaged items. 
> That is so kicking good, smile.
>
> There are more things I don't know then I do know, and I am proud to say I 
> am a life time learner.
>
> I vote yes a couple times a month of neat things you find is fabulous for 
> me.
>
> Becky
> Butterfly Knitting
> b.butterfly at comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth 
> Rene via nfbwatlk
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 9:42 AM
> To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Shop till you drop!
>
> Hi Mike and list,
> I am so glad we had a review of list rules, because I have a question 
> about them.
> I love catalogs and shopping, and every so often I run across a product 
> designed for mainstream customers that makes me go "oh wow, wouldn't that 
> be a classy thing for blind people to use for entertaining/cleaning/… Just 
> about anything".
> Or I'll go "now why didn't they tell me what color that is?" The obvious 
> answer, of course, is that the picture shows sighted people, so why say it 
> in print?
> I want to write about the things I find. And I want to campaign with 
> stores so that they'll make their catalogs online and off more friendly to 
> us.
> I even love to be a secret shopper or restaurant reviewer to improve 
> service to blind people at stores and dining establishments. It would be 
> such fun!
> Would anyone like the occasional post about such things on this list? Or 
> should I find a way to start a column in the Braille  Monitor?
> Thanks,
> Elizabeth
>
> Elizabeth M René
> Attorney at Law
> WSBA #10710
> rene0373 at gmail.com
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